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OSCE launches series of training seminars on National Preventive Mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 May 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar for members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment on practical aspects of NPM implementation began in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan on 6 May 2016...
OSCE launches series of seminars in Kazakhstan on access to information and public councils
Publishing date: 28 April 2016
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 28 April 2016 – The first of ten OSCE-supported two-day seminars for some 30 officials and journalists on the implementation of Kazakhstan’s laws on “Access to Information” and “Public Councils” began today in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana co-hosts roundtable discussion dedicated to International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
The OSCE Programme Office, marking International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2015, facilitated and took part in a roundtable discussion in Astana on human rights as the basis for the harmonious development of society and the state...
OSCE co-organizes forum on re-socialization of convicted persons in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
ASTANA, 11 December 2015 – An OSCE-supported Third Penitentiary Forum dedicated to the strengthening of re-socialization for convicted persons took place today in Astana, bringing together more than 200 high-level government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of the judiciary, international organizations, civil society and academia...
OSCE marks International Human Rights Day with Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Youth
ASTANA, 10 December 2015 – The annual OSCE-sponsored Youth Legal Forum dedicated to "Human Rights Protection in the Fight against Terrorism” took place today at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University in Astana (KAZGUU) in recognition of the International Human Rights Day...
Protecting human rights in focus of OSCE-supported seminars in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 November 2015 – A two-part OSCE-supported training seminar on protecting human rights began today in Taraz, Zhambyl Region, targeting regional administration officials, law-enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors, academics and representatives of civil society...
OSCE trains authorities and civil society in Kazakhstan on economic, social and cultural rights
Publishing date: 16 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights
KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 16 November 2015 – Some 20 regional and city administration officials, civil society activists and trade union representatives will learn about the provisions and application in Kazakhstan of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) during a two-day OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Kokshetau...